So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

[Peter Friedman]

[Rabshakeh]

Jon Appleton & Don Cherry – Human Music

[HutchFan]

Streaming these this morning:

 

 

Baden Powell Quartet, Vols. 1-3 (Barclay, rec. 1970)
with Ernesto Ribeiro Gonçalves (b), Helio Schiavo (dr), Alfredo Bessa (perc), and Janine de Waleyne (vcl)

 

[jazzbo]

A very interesting recording.

 

 

Followed by

Jure Pukl & Matija Dedic “Hybrid” cd. With Matthew Brewer, Jonathon Blake and Melissa Aldana

 

 

 

 

Edited August 21, 2023 by jazzbo

[Jim Duckworth]

Exploding Star Orchestra

[Rabshakeh]

Georgie Auld And His Orchestra – In The Land Of Hi-Fi

Really into this one. My first listen to Georgie Auld. Music with guts. Any other recommendations for Auld or similar records very welcome.

Edited August 21, 2023 by Rabshakeh

[HutchFan]

[gmonahan]

6 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Some beautiful music here.

Duke Ellington “1950-1951” Chronogical Classics cd

I still wish someone would put together all the Mercer recordings in one set!

 

[BillF]

[dougcrates]

[Teasing the Korean]

Dexter Gordon - Dexter Calling (Blue Note, stereo)

Played back in mono to boost the bass and piano.

2 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Streaming these this morning: [Baden Powell]

Big fan!  Still afraid to listen to his remake of Os Afro Sambas.

[HutchFan]

6 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Big fan!  Still afraid to listen to his remake of Os Afro Sambas.

Me too.  Why try to re-create perfection?!?!  It's bound to be a let-down.

 

[Teasing the Korean]

5 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Me too.  Why try to re-create perfection?!?!  It's bound to be a let-down.

Do you know late in his life he kind of went crazy and dismissed Os Afro Sambas as "devil music?"

[John Tapscott]

[HutchFan]

41 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Do you know late in his life he kind of went crazy and dismissed Os Afro Sambas as "devil music?"

I'd read that he'd converted to evangelical Christianity -- at least in some part to help him deal with his heavy drinking habit.  So it's not too surprising that the Candomblé stuff was off-the-table after that.  He may have been crazy too, but I think there was some logic to his decision -- assuming he had embraced conservative, "born again" Christianity.  That's just part of the deal. 

Living in the South, and growing up in my family that I did, I get it; it's consistent with the way they think about the world -- even though I don't hold those views myself.

 

Tolstoy repudiated War & Peace and Anna Karenina when got older, also for religious reasons -- although he wasn't embracing a traditional religious perspective like Powell did.  It seems nutty, but I suppose it made sense to him at the time.

Honestly, sometimes you just got to ignore what artists say and focus on what they've made, their art.  

 

 

Next up?  Big surprise!

MPS created such striking, memorable covers for Powell's albums.

Very much of their time, but fantastic.

 

Edited August 21, 2023 by HutchFan

[jazzcorner]

CBS / Sony 36AP 1481~2  [Japan] - Don Ellis " Tears Of Joy" - rec. 1971 - Engineer: Ray Segal

[Teasing the Korean]

24 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Honestly, sometimes you just got to ignore what artists say and focus on what they've made, their art.  

Yeah.  A lot of times the album they hate is a good one, and vice-versa.

[dougcrates]

[HutchFan]

21 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Yeah.  A lot of times the album they hate is a good one, and vice-versa.

True dat.

 

[Rabshakeh]

Akosh S. Unit – Élettér (1998)

[felser]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

I'd read that he'd converted to evangelical Christianity -- at least in some part to help him deal with his heavy drinking habit.  So it's not too surprising that the Candomblé stuff was off-the-table after that.  He may have been crazy too, but I think there was some logic to his decision -- assuming he had embraced conservative, "born again" Christianity.  That's just part of the deal.

General comment, not specifically directed at HutchFan:  Look up Candomble - it's very very dark and troubling.  Spirit possession, animal sacrifices, etc.  Same with Santeria.  Spirit world exists or it doesn't, right?  But saying you believe it isn't so doesn't necessarily make it that way.   Denouncing Candomble isn't crazy, regardless of what you choose to believe.

Edited August 21, 2023 by felser

[BillF]

[Rabshakeh]

Zeena Parkins – Three Harps, Tuning Forks & Electronics (2017)

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, felser said:

General comment, not specifically directed at HutchFan:  Look up Candomble - it's very very dark and troubling.  Spirit possession, animal sacrifices, etc.  Same with Santeria.  Spirit world exists or it doesn't, right?  But saying you believe it isn't so doesn't necessarily make it that way.   Denouncing Candomble isn't crazy, regardless of what you choose to believe.

I didn't mean to open a can of worms, but it looks like I have.

There would be all sorts of huge, difficult issues to unpack if we were to dive into this topic -- volatile things like racism, slavery, and colonialism.  Given our forum's ban on discussions related to politics and religion, I suggest that we drop it.

Fair enough?   

 

Edited August 21, 2023 by HutchFan

[felser]

28 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

I didn't mean to open a can of worms, but it looks like I have.

There would be all sorts of huge, difficult issues to unpack if we were to dive into this topic -- volatile things like racism, slavery, and colonialism.  Given our forum's ban on discussions related to politics and religion, I suggest that we drop it.

Fair enough?   

 

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